Five New Art Books: From MASBEDO's Milan to Berengo Gardin's Sicily

A roundup of five recent art publications in Italy covers architecture, anthropology, and photography. Giuseppe Dambrosio's 'Spazio delle mie brame' (Mimesis, 2024, €10) critiques school architecture through Foucault, proposing libertarian education against technocratic capitalism. Christoph Wulf's 'Gli esseri umani e le loro immagini' (Meltemi, 2024, €22) is a 342-page interdisciplinary study of images spanning philosophy, psychoanalysis, and art history. 'MASBEDO. Ritratto di Città (20/20.000 Hz)' (Marsilio, 2024, €30), edited by Cloe Piccoli, documents the duo's installation inspired by Berio, Maderna, and Leydi's 1955 electroacoustic composition for Milan. Eugenio Gazzola's 'Gli anni di Milano-poesia' (Il Verri Edizioni, 2024, €18) recounts the festival founded by Gianni Sassi (1984–1992), a hub for literary and artistic experimentation. Gianni Berengo Gardin's 'Sicilia 1966/2008' (Humboldt, 2024, €20) collects 40 years of photographs of Sicilian religious rites, with commentary by Ferdinando Scianna and anthropologist Franco La Cecla.